Combined calendar and money box, savings bank, or other collection box



Aug. 4, 1931. E. K. GADE 1,817,682 COMBINED CALENDAR AND MONEY BOX, SAVINGS BANK, OR OTHER COLLECTION BOX Filed Aug- 28. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l TUESDAY 5 MARCH Fig.4.

Aug. 4, 1931. E. K. GADE COMBINED CALENDAR AND NONEY BOX, SAVINGS BANK, OR OTHER COLLECTION BOX Filed Au 28. 1929 v 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 "EINAB, KRIs'ri Patented Aug. 4, 1931;

, I we stares COMBINED CALENDAR AND MONEY SAVINGS BANK, OR OTHER GQLLECTION BOX Application filed August 28, 1929, Serial No.

. carried on roller or disc members rotatably 7 V. neously.

mounted. in the said box, meansbeing provided whereby, by the insertion of a coin, two or more, of the said sets of calendar inscriptions are orcan be altered simulta- One 'featureof the invention consists in the employment of an endless band of flexible material on which numerals indicating the days of the month arelinscribed provided with perforations whereby a driving con nection between the bandand the means adapted to be actuated when a coin is inserted for the purpose of changing thedate is effected;

A further feature of-the in the employment of a driving member functioning as a sprocket for engaging the holes in the band adapted to'be disengagedfrom the means actuated when the coin is inserted in order to permit movement of the'band'independentlyof the members bearing inscrip- V number of days in the several months of the ear. e

Thus inaccordancewith this feature of the invention, the member functioning as a sprocket for driving the band may be pro videdwvitli a clutch whereby it is connected with the means actuated when a coin is in; serteld and at a suitable portion inthelength of the band the slots engaging the teeth of the memberfunctioning as a sprocket are elongated to enable'the said member to be moved axially in order to-disengage the invention consists 7 359,060, and in Great Britain July 27, 1929.

clutch ands o permit the member functioning as a sprocketto be rotated independently of the means actuated when a coin is inserted to change the date. 7 I f i Further features of the invention will appear in the following detailed description. 7

One construction in accordance with the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the essential mechanism thereof,

' Figure 2 being a section on the line II-II of Figure l, and

Figure 3 being a section on the lines "III-III of Figure 1, while Figure 4 is an outside elevation of the complete calendar and collection box.

Figure 5 is'a View on an enlarged scale of a detail, and I t Figure 6 is also a similar view on an enlarged scale of another detailthereof.

"Pram". o FrcE AN Gannon orrrswrox, LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR 'ro euomisrha BRITISH riovsmrns LIMITED, or LONDON, =ENGLAND 7 In the drawings, 1 and l represent the side plates of the frame carrying theessential elements of themechanism, which is located within a casing 2 provided with openings 3, 4 and 5 through which respectively the name of the day of the week, the numeral representing the day of thevmonthand the name I j ofthe month will be exhibited.

In this casing is also provided a slot 6, through which coins. may .be inserted in the coin hopper formed of two sections 7 and 7 eachof which is provided with slots 8 and 8" which are arranged to register with one another to form pockets ,to receive the coin which, when in the slot forms a' drivingconnection' between the two sections one of which, 7 is associated with the member ,9 provided with extensions lObythe aid of which, when a coin has been inserted, the calendar'may be actuated in order to change the date. The two slots in the two sections of the coin hopper are constrained to come into register by means of a pair of levers 11,

.11 pivoted at'12, to the side members 1,1 of

the machine and associated with springs 13'; When a coin 1s msertedim the coin hopper and the member 9 is rotated, a 'driving connection being thus established between the section 7 a which is rotatably mounted upon the spindle 14c and the section 7 which is rigidly connected with the spindle, the latter will be rotated and through the intermediary of the sprocket 15, the chain 16, the sprocket 17 and the spindle 18 on which the drum 19 provided with inscriptions repre senting the days of the week is mounted, will be correspondingly rotated.

Further, the rotation of this spindle will normally cause the sleeve 20 on which are provided four projections or teeth 21 adapted to engage in holes 22 or slots 32 as is shown more clearly inFigure 5, in a flexible band 23, on which are inscribed numerals representing the day of the month to move this band in order to bring the appropriate numeral into register with the opening 4:. This band, as will be seen more clearly from Fig ure 3, passes over a. plurality of idlers 2e and it is provided. with an elevation 25, which is adapted to engage the toothed wheel 26 mounted on the spindle 27 on which is also mounted the drum 28 inscribed with the names of the months. On'the spindle on which the drum 28 is mounted there is also provided a recessed wheel 29 with which cooperates a spring 30 designed to ensure the appropriate positioning of the name of the month with respect to the opening in the frame through which the names of the month are exposed.

In operation one-half turn of the coin hop per, carrying with it the spindle 14,- will cause the drum 19 to be rotated one-seventh of a revolution and it will also cause the flexible band to beadvanced one-thirty-first part of its length while at each thirty-first revolution of the spindle 14: the drum 28 will be rotated through one-twelfth of a turn. In View of the differences between the number of the days in the several months means is provided for moving the flexible band and the drum, bearing the names of the months, independently of the coin hopper. As above indicated a sleeve20 is provided on the spindle 14 and through the sleevepasses the pin 31 engaging a slot in the end of thespindle, so that by withdrawing thepin from engagement with the slot the sleeve may be rotated independently of the spindle. To permit such disengagement of the sleeve from the spindle, when the numerals 28 to 31 are in the vicinity of the opening through which they are exposed, at an appropriate portion of the band, eight elongated slots 32 are provided and adjacent to these holes one edge of the band is cut back or recessed at 33. This recessed portion provided in the side of the band enables a key 34 to be inserted through a hole 35 in one of the side plates carrying the mechanism. The key is provided with a bayonet slot adapted to engage the pin 31, thus enabling the sleeve 20 to be disengaged from the spindle and the band in consequence to be moved without imparting motion to the spindle. Such motion of the sleeve is arranged to be eflected in a stepwise manner one-half turn at a time, and to this end a movable pin 36 is mounted in the slot 37 in the side 38 of the casing. WVhen the sleeve is withdrawn, as will be seen, the pin 31 will on the rotation of the sleeve be caused at each half revolution thereof to contact with the pin 36 which will thereby be moved in its slot and will prevent rotation of the sleeve through more than one-half revolution. In order to free the pin 31 from engagement with the pin 36 the sleeve must be pushed back in order to engage the spindle when the pin 36 can be returned into the position in its slot, after which the sleeve may be again withdrawn and rotated through a further half turn.

As will be seen, it is only when the band is in such a position that the recessed portion 33 is adjacent to the spindle can the key 34 be inserted. By this means the use of the key for altering the numerals representing the day of the month, otherwise than when the numeral 28, 29, 30 or 31 is exposed, is prevented.

As will be understood, within the casing is provided a receiver for the coins inserted and this receiver will be furnished or associated with a chute or passage through which the coins will descend from the coin hopper into the receiver, which will normally be designed to be locked or secured within the easing so that only an authorized person can remove the coins therefrom. Further, where the device is used for charitable or other purposes it may be found convenient to pro vide a further slot in the casing through which coins may be inserted without actuating the calendar.

I claim:

1. A calendar comprising an apertured casing, a plurality of rotary members in said casing, one of said rotary members carrying inscriptions corresponding with the names of the days of the week, and another of said rotary members being located adjacent to the first-mentioned rotary member, a perforated endless band bearing numerals 1 to 31 corresponding with the days of the month associated with the second-mentioned rotary member, teeth associated with the second mentioned rotary member adapted to engage the perforations in the endless band, means adapted to be manually operated to rotate both of the said rotary members in step, means adapted to establish a driving connection between the first-mentioned means and the said rotary members whereby by manual operation of the former the simultaneous rotation of the latter may be secured, a clutch for establishing and interrupting a driving connection between the rotary member hearing the names of the days of the week and the second-mentioned rotary member, and an independent manually operated element associated with the clutch adapted to actuate the same to establish and interrupt the driving connection between the member bearing the names of the days of the week and the second-mentioned member only when the numerals 28 to 31 are exposed to view.

2. A calendar comprising an apertured casing, a plurality of rotary members in said casing, one of the rotary members carrying inscriptions corresponding with the names of the days of the week, a toothed sleeve adapted to be slidably and rotatably moved with respect to the said rotary member, an end- 7 less band carrying numerals 1 to 31 corresponding with the days of the month associated with the toothed sleeve, the said band being provided in the positions corresponding with the days of the month 1 to 27 with'perforations corresponding in shape with the teeth of the toothed sleeve and in the positions corresponding with the numeral days of the month 28 to 31 with elongated perforations adapted to permit a certain degree of lateral movement of the toothed sleeve relatively to the band, means adapted to be manually operated to rotate both the said rotary member and the toothed sleeve in step, means adapted to establish a driving connection between the first-mentioned means and the said rotary member and toothed sleeve, whereby by manual operation of the said means the simultaneous rotation of the rotary member and toothed sleeve may be secured, a clutch for establishing and interrupting a driving connection between the rotary member bearing the names of the days of the week and the toothed sleeve, and an independent manually operated element associated with the clutch adapted toactuate the same to establish and interrupt the driving connection between the said member bearing the names of the days of the week and the toothed sleeve only when the numerals 28 to 31 are exposed to view.

3. A calendar comprising an apertured casing, a plurality of rotary members in said casing, one of the rotary members carrying inscriptions corresponding with the names of the days of the week, a toothed sleeve adapted to be slidably and rotatably moved with respect to the said rotary member, an endless band carrying numerals 1' to 31 corresponding with the days of the month associated with the said toothed sleeve, the said band being provided in the positions corresponding with the days of the month 1 to 27 with perforations corresponding in shape with the teeth of the toothed sleeve and in the positions corresponding with the days of the month 28 to 31 with elongated perforations adapted to permit a certain degree of lateral movement of the toothed sleeve relatively to the band, means adapted to be manually operated to rotate both the said rotary mem her and the toothed sleeve in step, means adapted to establish a driving connection between the first-mentioned means and the said rotary member and toothed sleeve whereby by manual operation of the first-mentioned means, the simultaneous rotation of the said rotary member and the toothed sleeve may be secured, a pin on the toothed sleeve adapted to form a driving connection between the said rotary member and the toothed sleeve, a key provided with a bayonet slot adapted to engage the said pin on the toothed sleeve, a recessed portion on the edge of the endless band adjacent to the said elongated perforations adapted to permit the insertion of the said key to engage the pin and withdraw the toothed sleeve from engagement with the said rotary member in order to adjust the endless band with respect to the said rotary member to compensate for the variations in the number of days in the several months of the year only when the numerals 28 to 31 are exposed to view.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

EINAR KRISTIAN GADE. 

